Podcast

Unexplained Encounters

Society & Culture, True Crime

(Formerly the Darkness Prevails Podcast) Host Darkness Prevails brings you Unexplained Encounters, a podcast where everyday folk share their most terrifying and unexplained experiences. From mysterious creatures seen in national forests to supernatural events disrupting peoples' lives, prepare to explore the unexplained. These stories might sound bizarre, but it's up to you to decide which to believe. Submit your story to Unexplained Encounters at darkstories.org

Society & Culture chart
#167
Episodes
613
Releases
Weekly
Typical length
1 hr 1 min
On air since
2016
Latest episode
6 days ago

Episodes

613 episodes, newest first

  1. One Hour of Ozark Horror Stories

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    Beautiful sprawling mountains and endless trees. That might be how you hear folks describe the Ozark Mountains. Others will tell you that unnatural creatures and otherworldly entities lurk in those woods waiting for people just like you.

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    1 hr
  2. We Explored a Cave that was Bigger Every Time we Came Back

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    Two cavers explore a long forgotten cave on a hog farm and find out that it's a little bigger every time they come back to it.

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    59 min
  3. SCARIEST Wendigo Stories You've EVER Heard

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    A cheeky little compilation of terrifying Wendigo stories to scare the hell out of you.

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    6 hr 20 min
  4. The Watcher of the Woods

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    Three men head up into the Montana mountains to go elk hunting. Only one comes back. Something is hunting him - Something that does NOT want to be looked at.

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    1 hr 3 min
  5. My Grandpa Had One Rule: Never Grow Corn

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    A man who returns home to help on the farm ends up finding out the hard way why his Grandpa said to NEVER grow corn on their property.

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    1 hr 21 min
  6. The Gods of Appalachia

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    If you find yourself on the Appalachian Trails at the wrong place and the wrong time, you might get to meet a God of Appalachia. Then, you'll never get to leave.

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    1 hr
  7. A Wendigo Stalked Us in the Blue Ridge Mountains

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    Two friends, before they must part ways after graduation, go on a last-ditch campout. However, there's something out there that does NOT enjoy their company.

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    1 hr
  8. Don't Go Camping in the Outback

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    Two boys go camping out in the woods a little too far and a little too long. And something notices them.

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    51 min
  9. Werewolves Exist in the Adirondacks

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    1 hr
  10. Do NOT Go Hunting in Georgia

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    A family stays at their Uncle's for a little hunting staycation. But they soon discover they're not the only ones hunting, or being hunted, out there.

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    1 hr 1 min
  11. The Ozark Snow Beast

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    A family in Missouri is stalked by a strange, jet-black creature that comes during a record snowfall and practically strands them in their home.

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    59 min
  12. The Deer God

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    There's a deer the lurks the woods that is not like the others. If you see it, your next action MUST be the right one, or you might never see the light of day again.

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    1 hr 2 min
  13. This is NOT the End

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    4 min
  14. LONG HEAD

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    In Georgia, there's a mounted dog. And if you don't take care of it, don't keep a door unlocked, then you will find terror on your doorstep or already inside.

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    1 hr 3 min
  15. The Creepiest Legend of Appalachia

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    A viewer shares a legend past down for generations of an Appalachian family who claims it's very true. A legend about the thing that mutilated cattle and seemed to have no fear of humans. This story and more in today's episode.

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    1 hr 5 min
  16. My Grandfather Had Rules on his Farm, and I Found Out What Happens When They're Not Followed

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    A woman recalls the bizarre and often terrifying events that transpired on her grandfather's farm in Wisconsin as something in the woods was kept at bay only by her grandfather's strange habits.

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    1 hr
  17. You'll NEVER See the National Forest the Same Way Again

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    Two brothers excitedly join their Uncle Nick on his camping trips into the National Forest when the trips start to take steadily darker turns. Something is out there. Something that's been following Nick for years.

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    1 hr 7 min
  18. Werewolf of the Trailer Park

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    One listener sends us a story about a childhood series of events of encounters with their local monster - Something that sounds an awful lot like a werewolf.

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    1 hr 2 min
  19. The Water Tower in the Woods

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    Four friends. A secret place. And a mysterious death whose truth finds them. This disturbing story will leave you haunted and sad for the summers long past.

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    57 min
  20. The Wendigo Mask

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    A kid with a passion for mask making takes a hike in the woods, only to encounter the very thing his mask is based on.

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    1 hr 4 min

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